Spiceworks IT Desktop - Absolutely Free

You want IT management software that works for you, not software that makes you work. You wish you could have it... without spending a fortune. Your wish is granted.

Introducing the free Spiceworks IT Desktop from Spiceworks(tm).

Designed, tested and used by 15,000 IT pros in 140 countries, Spiceworks lets you easily:

Inventory, monitor and report on the hardware and software on your network. Track issues and problems, manage your work and run a help desk. Solve problems with the help of IT pros around the world.

It takes less than 5 minutes to get up and running. No agents. No scripts. No manuals. No hassles. Just download Spiceworks and go.

And, Spiceworks is really free. No trials. No time or device limits. Simply free. All thanks to sponsorships by top technology vendors.

Inventory the hardware and software on your network. Create the reports you need to manage your network. Discover the Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs and servers, routers, printers and any other IP-based devices on your network. It also discovers the software, patches and services on your machines. Easily add important data such as licenses, purchase prices and dates, and physical location to your inventory information. "Tag" your software and hardware with notes you can reference and search. Customize the IP ranges, frequency and speed of your network scans. Spiceworks uses protocols such as WMI, SSH, and SNMP to scan your network without the hassle of deploying and maintaining agents. All inventory information is stored locally and securely on your network — so there's no concern about sensitive data flying across the Internet.

Monitor your network for software compliance, low disk space, unauthorized software and low printer supplies. Out-of-the box monitors watch for hard drives that drop below 25% free, addition of unwanted software, removal of important software, license compliance violations, low printer ink and toner, or servers that are offline. Easily create your own monitors with a couple of clicks without complicated rules and scripts, and then receive alert notifications via email or SMS. Customize the frequency of your network scans from every 30 minutes to once a day in the "settings" tab. Spiceworks is designed for the everyday desktop, server and software monitoring needs of small and medium businesses.

Report easily on the information you need to manage your network. Run reports that show what software is installed on your servers and workstations. Look at trouble tickets created in the past month. See disk usage across the network. Choose from a number of useful reports. Create custom reports with just a couple of clicks and save them to run any time in the future. Export reports to PDF or Excel to share and use in your office. Spiceworks lets you create and share the IT reports your company needs.

Track your issues and problems and manage your work with a fresh approach to the help desk. Create tickets while looking at any piece of hardware of software on your network. The ticket is automatically 'attached' to it and the information about that hardware or software. No more senseless information entry or looking for asset information.

Track your projects with tickets as well and sort everything by due date and priority.

Report on tickets to see which hardware and software is causing you the most problems.

It's your own simple help desk done the Spiceworks way. We think this is a great new way to put IT tickets and inventory into one application to help simplify your work.

Find the answers and information you need to manage your network. Ask the Spiceworks Community a question from anywhere in the Spiceworks IT Desktop. Questions are automatically tagged so users who can best answer your question see it. Browse the community Q&A to see what you can learn from other SMB IT pros Relevant info from trusted technology vendors helps you find the IT products and services you need. Running out of storage? Explore online storage options. Interested in VoIP? See the best deals. Launch your Google search directly from Spiceworks to find the technical information you need. Because you have the network information right in front of you, there is no need to hop across browser tabs. Plus you can link directly to a vendor's support site for the product or patch you're looking for. Spiceworks makes finding the information you need a snap.

Get the product you need. Use the 'Feedback' section of the Spiceworks forums to submit features you'd like to see. Sort feature requests by popularity to see what other IT pros what in Spiceworks. Vote on features you like. Just click 'spicy' if you like it or 'bland' if you don't. We build what you need. Spiceworks auto-updates so you'll always have the latest and greatest. And you'll never need to worry about messy re-installs.